[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12819-12820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6780]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of the Secretary


Privatization Working Group: Notice of Availability of the Report 
of the Privatization Working Group

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Privatization Working Group, established by the Secretary 
of Energy to examine how privatization could help the Department 
utilize its resources more efficiently, has completed its work and 
provided its recommendations to the Secretary. This notice announces 
the availability of the Working Group's report entitled, ``Harnessing 
the Market: The Opportunities and Challenges of Privatization'' Report 
#DOE/S-0120. It also requests the views of the public on the policy, 
principles, and recommendations contained therein.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before May 19, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on Report # DOE/S-0120 should be sent to: 
The Office of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. Department of Energy, 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Room 7E-054, 
Washington, DC 20585.
    Copies of this report, #DOE/S-0120 may be ordered from the Public 
Inquiries Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Ave., SW, Room 1E-206 or by calling (202) 586-5575.
    The report is also available on the Internet at: http://
www.doe.gov/privatization/report.
    Additionally, this report is available for inspection in the Public 
Reading Rooms at DOE Headquarters and in the Department's primary field 
offices. The locations and telephone numbers of these Reading Rooms 
are:

U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, 1000 Independence Ave., 
Room 1E-090, SW, Washington, DC 20585 (202) 586-5955
National Atomic Museum, Public Reading Room, 20358 Wyoming Boulevard 
SE, Kirtland Air Force Base, NM 87117, 505-845-4378, Attn: Diane Zepeda
Chicago Operations Office, Public Reading Room, 9800 South Cass Avenue, 
Argonne, IL 60439, 630-252-2010, Attn: Sandra Geib
Idaho Operations Office, Public Reading Room, 1776 Science Center 
Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, 208-526-1144, Attn: Gail Wilmore
Nevada Operations Office, Public Reading Room, 2621 Losee Rd. Bldg. B-3 
Mail Stop 548, Las Vegas, NV 89030, 702-295-1628, 702-295-1128, Attn: 
Janet Fogg
Oak Ridge Operations Office, Public Reading Room, Federal Building, 200 
Administration Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, 423-576-1216, Attn: Jane 
Greenwalt
Oakland Operations Office, Public Reading Room-Room 1H/EIC, 1301 Clay 
Street, Oakland CA 94612, 510-637-1794, Attn: Lauren Noble
U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, University of South 
Carolina-Aiken, 171 University Parkway, Second Floor Library, Aiken, SC 
29801, 803-725-1408, Attn: Pauline Conner
U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, Ohio Field Office, 1 
Mound Road, Miamisburg, OH 45342, 513-865-3174, Attn: Cindy Franklin-
1st Floor
U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, Richland Operations, 
100 Sprout Road, Richland, WA 99352, 509-376-8583, Attn: Terri Traub

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Contract Reform Project Office, 
U.S. Department of Energy, room GA-155, Washington, DC 20585 (202) 586-
0800, or the individual site offices as designated below:

Albuquerque Operations Office--Jim Hoyal (505) 845-5751
Chicago Operations Office--Jerry Zimmer (630) 252-2129
Federal Energy Technology Center--Carroll Labton (412) 892-6199
Golden Field Office--Jeff Baker (303) 275-4785
Idaho Operations Office--Jan Chavez (208) 526-5968
Nevada Operations Office-Rick Betteridge (702) 295-0520
Oak Ridge Operations Office--Steven Wyatt (423) 576-0885
Oakland Operations Office--Jim Hirahara (510) 637-1658
Ohio Field Office--Pete Greenwald (937) 865-3862
Richland Operations Office--Lief Erickson (509) 376-7272
Rocky Flats Field Office--Jeff Kerridge (303) 966-2866
Savannah River Operations Office--Chris Van Horn (803) 725-5313

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Former Secretary of Energy, Hazel R. 
O'Leary, initiated a broad slate of strategic and managerial reform 
initiatives to transform the Department to better meet the challenges 
of the 21st Century. The reports that support these reforms 
consistently identified privatization as a potentially powerful 
management tool to enable institutional change. In recognition of this 
and in support of the Clinton Administration's commitment to a 
government that works better and costs less, the Secretary formed the 
Privatization Working Group to examine how privatization could help 
transform DOE.
    The report of the Working Group, Harnessing the Market: The 
Opportunities and Challenges of Privatization, provides an analysis of 
the major issues that affect privatization within the Department of 
Energy. The report includes 13 case studies that explore actual DOE 
privatization efforts over the past two years. Additionally, it 
summarizes the key legal authorities that govern each of the three 
types of privatization opportunities discussed in the report. Finally, 
the report makes a series of recommendations and outlines accompanying 
actions that will help the Department seize the opportunities presented 
by privatization and confront its challenges. The report stresses that 
when wisely considered and carefully implemented, privatization is a 
powerful strategic management tool.
    The Department is interested in the views of stakeholders on the 
report's recommendations and action items.


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    Issued in Washington, DC on March 12, 1997.
Dan W. Reicher,
Chief of Staff, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 97-6780 Filed 3-17-97; 8:45 am]
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